Individuals and Symbols
Whenever a political movement ceases to see people as individuals, and rather sees them as symbols of a class, violence usually follows.
Neema Parvini
· 7 min read
Representation and the Communitarianisation of Cinema
Identity has become the locus of cultural value and representation the means of its transmission.
Oliver Whiskard
· 10 min read
The Scandal at UBC Keeps Growing — But No One Has Been Held Accountable
The school’s decision to suspend, smear and then fire Galloway on the basis of false allegations has snowballed into one of the greatest scandals in the history of Canadian education.
Jonathan Kay
· 6 min read
What Good Is Evolutionary Psychology?
Without an understanding of the selection pressures that shaped our minds, much of human existence is frustratingly bewildering.
Tristan Flock
· 7 min read
An Academic Mobbing at McGill
In true mobbing fashion, the extreme and racist allegations that Ibrahim was a typical Arabic misogynist and sexual predator simply do not add up. In fact the opposite is true.
Barbara Kay
· 25 min read
Deepities and the Politics of Pseudo-Profundity
The claim that “all politics is identity politics,” is not coherent. On one reading, it says something that’s true but irrelevant. And on another reading, it says something that’s false, but would be highly relevant if true.
Coleman Hughes
· 9 min read
What Does Genetic Research Tell Us About Equal Opportunity and Meritocracy?
Are genetic castes inevitable?
Robert Plomin
· 18 min read
From Party of Ideas to Party of Dittoheads
Stupidity is not an accusation that could be hurled against such early Republicans as Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root and Charles Evans Hughes.
Max Boot
· 10 min read
Is Sociogenomics Racist?
Those scientists who want to draw attention to the racial bias in genetic research but who don’t want to acknowledge the scientific validity of race are in a tricky position.
Toby Young
· 22 min read
Keeping It Casual
Girls are taught that sex without love is a meaningless experience, boys that, as meaningless experiences go, it’s a pretty damn good one.
Steve Stewart-Williams
· 16 min read
Moral Pollution in Place of Reasoned Critique
They offered many reasons why the person should not be trusted or liked, but failed to offer reasons why the person was wrong.
Pamela Paresky
· 13 min read
Asian Americans' Unrequited Love of Harvard
Asian-Americans don’t necessarily think of themselves as “victims” of Harvard’s racist policies. They’re more concerned with the idea of merit—they want their admission to be judged on their resume of accomplishments, not their race.
Kenny Xu
· 13 min read
Notes from the Eye of a State-Sponsored Social Media Storm
The deliberate downplaying of dissent for both Persian and English language audiences is indicative of an attempt to fool Iranians back into submission at a time when the regime has never been more anxious about its survival.
Mariam Memarsadeghi
· 9 min read
Headline Rhymes
Graham Verdon
· 1 min read
Brotopia — Analysis and Review
Chang shows no awareness that gender parity is the exception not the rule in the US workplace.
Sean Welsh
· 13 min read